THEY CAN RUB OFF ON YOU.
HONOUR GOD IN YOUR TALKS.

Christians just like any other human beings love gossips. In fact, a big number of us are critical, faultfinders, backbiters, gossipers, slanderers and hypocrites. Do you know how much our heavenly Father hates these critical spirited people? Nosey people are critical people. They want to know all the details and latest scoop, not so that they can pray for the person, not because they are genuinely interested, but because they know they'll hear something juicy that will feed their flesh and they can run and tell about it!

If somebody at work is trying to tell you something bad about somebody else, don't sit there and be passive. You might say, ‘I don't want to be poisoned. My ears are not garbage cans to fill with a bunch of trash or kindly tell them instead of talking about this person, why don't we pray for them?’ Stay on the offensive.

If your friends and co-workers are critical, faultfinders, gossips or backbiters, bare in mind that those spirits can rub off on you. You need to find new friends who will add value to you. You shouldn't go to lunch every day with people from work that sit around and badmouth the company, criticize the boss, gossip and complain. I would rather be alone than allow people that are not going anywhere in life to keep me from my God-given destiny.

God will not promote a critical spirit, a gossip, a faultfinder, someone that is sowing discord. Don't go around stirring up trouble. If you're not behind the company that you work for, you need to go find another job. But as long as you are taking their paycheck, you should not be critical and condemning.

Decide to honor God in your conversations and even your thoughts in your walk of life. If you want God to promote you, make sure you keep a pure heart and stay away from gossip. God longs to continually bless us and take us higher and higher in all aspects of life, even in our careers.